Supreme Alliance.
The atmosphere at the Council of Elders was solemn. All twenty-one elders rose together, placed the four fingers of their right hands over their left thumbs, then held them before their chests as they observed a moment of silence toward the two empty seats at the head of the table.
An indescribable blend of grief, rage, and frustration brewed across their faces like dark clouds shifting through a gloomy sky, gathering for a storm desperate to break.
Two elders—two elders who had devoted themselves wholly to the Supreme Alliance over a century ago and earned tremendous merit. They had also been the heads of the Yun Family and the Le Family. The deaths of such pillars of the Supreme Alliance were indeed a terrible storm, and the greatest loss the Supreme Alliance had suffered in centuries.
During the earliest years of exploration into the Comprehensive Martial World, outstanding explorers had died there, sacrificing themselves so that later generations could develop a more perfect main brain. Yet never before had an elder died.
The newly appointed heads of the Yun Family and the Le Family were both top talents painstakingly cultivated with immense resources from the Supreme Alliance. Both had reached the True Return Realm in the Comprehensive Martial World and, through the main brain's power, had even enhanced their real-world bodies and brains to the same physical standard. Only then could they become qualified decision-makers for the main brain.
Among the entire Council of Elders, there were only six such top talents with such overwhelming strength.
Yet two had now died. This had already shaken the foundations of the Supreme Alliance.
After a while.
All the elders ended their silence and solemnly returned to their seats.
The Hu Family head let out a deep sigh. Then a sharp